Reigning US Chess Champion Gata Kamsky is among the top ten players in
the World and the top rated player in the US on the new official FIDE rating list (September). His current rating is 2756--you can see his amazing recent progress on his FIDE rating graph below. For more on Gata, login as a member to read Betsy Dynako's interview with him in the July 2011 Chess Life Magazine.